Wednesday, 09 April 2008

Protecting the Environment

Mark Lawler was invited to join the community event by Pearce Re-Cycling, who manages the paper waste generated by the retailer based on Riverside Business Park in Northampton.

Rectory Wood is a new native woodland being created to link the village of Cranfield with the ancient woodland of Marston Thrift and help screen the Brogborough Landfill Site. The Forest of Marston Vale is one of twelve Community Forests in England; all identified by Government in 1991 as national priority areas for environmentally led regeneration. In the Forest of Marston Vale the challenge is to use trees and woodlands to transform 61 square miles between Bedford and Milton Keynes, repairing a landscape scarred by decades of clay extraction, brickmaking and landfill. Around one million trees have already been planted and by 2031 a further five million will be planted.

Commenting on the day Mark said, "I didn't know what to expect on arrival, but there was great teamwork from a large group of people, most of whom I hadn't met before. We worked together on a very cold day and it is very satisfying to know that we have contributed to this vast environmental project. In our business we have a duty of care to dispose of all waste in an environmentally, sound way and Pearce Re- Cycling is one of our valuable partners in this process. In future we will broaden the participation and provide a working party from the company to help with the next phrase."

Picture caption, Mark Lawler learning tree-planting skills.